Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing inventions 04/08

20080093475 - Refill for a volatile material: A refill for a volatile material includes a container having a reservoir portion and a neck portion. The refill further includes a plug assembly disposed within the neck portion of the container and a channel through a central portion of the plug assembly. Still further, the refill includes a porous... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080093477 - Working - fluid injector for a piston steam engine: An injector for injecting the working fluid of a piston vapour-engine. It incorporates an injector nozzle with injector nozzle-needle, needle actuating plunger and a solenoid controlled valve. It is characterised by the working fluid being supplied continuously to a working-fluid reservoir (4), while fluid for servocontrol purposes is supplied continuously... Agent: John Alexander Galbreath

20080093473 - Ultrasonic atomization and separation methods: The present invention relates methods of use of an ultrasound liquid atomization and/or separation system comprising an ultrasound atomizer and a liquid storage area in communication with said ultrasound atomizer. The methods may use a system that includes an injector containing an injector body housing the ultrasound atomizer and a... Agent: Bacoustics, LLC

20080093474 - Multi-fragrance diffusion device: A scent diffusion device including an air flow generator; an outlet, the generator and outlet defining a path for the flow of air therebetween; a plurality of scent diffusion modules comprising: a slide moveable by sliding inside a housing between at least one diffusion position and a non-fragrant position; at... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080093476 - Modular sprayer: A liquid sprayer which may be removably attached to a liquid reservoir and thus readily interchangeable with a variety of liquid reservoirs. The sprayer includes a discharge nozzle, a manually or electrically powered pump and an actuation mechanism for the pump. The sprayer includes a quick-release coupling means for attaching... Agent: The Clorox Company

20080093478 - Positioning device for a cover of a headlight cleaning system: A cover of a headlight cleaning system, which cover covers an opening in a vehicle front-end part and at the same time bears the headlight cleaning system, can be positioned precisely via latching mounts on the vehicle front-end part and latching lugs on the opposite cover. The effect achieved by... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080093479 - Locking ring for spray gun connector: A connector assembly for releasably securing a reservoir to a spray gun includes a spout 119 on a lid 114 of the reservoir received in a socket of an inlet adaptor 105 on the spray gun, and a locking ring 144 located on the inlet adaptor 105 that screws onto... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080093480 - Air bypass apparatus in fuel injection apparatus: To accurately supply idle air without influence of pulsative pressure generated within an intake passage, a lower end surface (21a2) of a bottom portion (21a) of an air control valve (21) is arranged in a contact manner via a closing member (1) toward a locking piece portion (2) fixed to... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080093481 - Injector for fuel injection in an internal combustion engine: An injector having an injector body to which a fuel line is connected for delivering fuel at high pressure. A filter bore is formed in the body and a fuel filter is disposed, through which filter the delivered fuel flows. A sealing seat is formed in the filter bore against... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093483 - Fuel injector with direct, multi-stage injection valve member control: A fuel injector having an injection valve member for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber of an autoignition internal combustion engine. The injection valve member is directly controllable by means of an actuator that directly actuates a pressure booster, which is able to influence the pressure in a control chamber... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093482 - Fuel injector with two-stage booster: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine has a nozzle needle that opens or closes at least one injection opening. At an end oriented away from the at least one injection opening, the nozzle needle has a step-shaped widening, which forms an end surface oriented toward the at least... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093484 - Injection nozzle: An injection nozzle for an internal combustion engine, in particular in a motor vehicle, the nozzle including a nozzle body having at least one injection port, a nozzle needle supported to execute a stroke inside the nozzle body to control an injection of fuel through the at least one injection... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20080093485 - Electric hopper-spreader: A material spreading drive system for a hopper spreader having a conveyor and a spreader separately driven by two electric motors that are powered directly from the electrical system of the vehicle. The conveyor drive system includes a speed reducing gearbox that can very efficiently transmit power received from the... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080087737 - Discharge device and method for evaporating a liquid and evaporator: A discharge device and a method for evaporating a liquid to the atmosphere are proposed. The liquid pressurized by gas is supplied to an evaporator via a flow restriction device which restricts the flow rate of the liquid such that continuous release and evaporation of the liquid is possible. Further,... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080087738 - Fuel injector with boosted needle closure: Fuel injectors with boosted needle control providing controlled and rapid needle closure. Boost and drive pistons are provided for hydraulic actuation to controllably close the needle, with the boost piston reaching a mechanical stop before the needle reaches the closed position, with the drive piston alone providing adequate hydraulic force... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080087739 - Methods and apparatus for injecting atomized fluid: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for injecting fluid, such as an aqueous urea solution, into an exhaust stream in order to reduce oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from diesel engine exhaust. The present invention uses mechanical spill return atomization techniques to produce droplets having an average size of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080087740 - Air treatment device: An air treatment device for use with a refuse or non-refuse container or receptacle is provided. The air treatment device includes a cover member and housing member for housing an air treating material. The housing and the cover member include an air treating material therebetween. The housing is rotatably and... Agent: Brown, Rudnick, Berlack & Israels, LLP.

20080087741 - System for the spraying of spray liquid for aircraft windshield, and cockpit provided with such a spraying system: A system for spraying liquid (100) for a windshield (111) of an aircraft including a spray-liquid supply circuit (101), a pressurized-gas supply circuit (102) designed to purge the spray-liquid supply circuit, and at least one nozzle (114) disposed downstream from the circuits and designed to spray the spray liquid and... Agent: Perman & Green

20080087742 - Surface cooling device: A surface cooling device includes a cover fixed to a surface and a pipe is engaged with a groove an underside of the cover. A plurality of nozzles are rotatably connected to the pipe and located in outlets defined through the cover. The nozzles spray water particles to the air... Agent: Phillip Liu

20080087743 - Rotary sprinkler: A rotary sprinkler having a longitudinal axis and comprising a housing comprising an upper housing and a lower housing, a nozzle adapted for being brought into fluid communication with a water source and to produce an axial water jet, said nozzle being movable along the axis between a lowered position... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20080087744 - Structure for attaching a vehicle lamp cleaning device: A cleaning device for a vehicle lamp includes a cylinder, a piston slidably supported in the cylinder, an ejecting nozzle attached to a leading end portion of the piston, and a bracket for insertion into an attaching hole on a bumper of the vehicle. A structure for attaching the cleaning... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080087745 - Air induction liquid spray nozzle assembly: A spray nozzle assembly comprising a nozzle body and a separate nozzle body insert adapted for removable snap action engagement with the body. The nozzle body insert defines a liquid flow passage that includes an inlet section for communicating with a liquid inlet, a metering orifice for accelerating the liquid... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080087746 - Multifunction showerhead with automatic return function for enhanced water conservation: The present invention provides a showerhead that allows a bather to switch among at least three different water delivery functions. In the first function, the showerhead delivers a concentrated fluttering spray at a rate not to exceed 2.0 GPM. In the second function, the showerhead delivers a combined spray pattern,... Agent: American Standard Inc.

20080087747 - Bodyspray having adjustable spray orientation: A bodyspray assembly is provided that includes a coupling assembly connected to a spray face. The spray face is operable to emit a directed spray having an omni-directionally adjustable angular orientation. Hence, a spray face in the form of a tile having an array of outlets can direct spray in... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080087748 - Method and injection system for injecting a fluid: A method for injecting a fluid, in particular a fuel, performs the following steps: A nozzle (1) which can be actuated by a piezo element (5) is provided. A current pulse (12a) is supplied to the piezo element (5). The capacity (16) of the piezo element (5) is recorded at... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20080087749 - Irrigation flushing system: A water treatment and/or irrigation system which includes a source of water under pressure, such as a pump, an optional filter that receives water from the pump and emits filtered water under pressure, a system of irrigation lines that receives water under pressure for distribution to a field, and a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080087750 - Nozzle body apparatus: Embodiments of the invention provide a nozzle body including a main body, a turret, a valve assembly, and a feed spigot. The feed spigot can be in fluid communication with a valve chamber via a first feed point and a second feed point. The use of multiple feed points between... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080083837 - Antifreeze foam injection system: Systems according to embodiments of the present invention include an antifreeze manifold carrying pressurized antifreeze liquid, the pressurized antifreeze liquid having a foam surfactant, an air manifold carrying pressurized air, a junction of the antifreeze manifold and the air manifold, the junction configured to combine the pressurized antifreeze liquid and... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080083838 - Spray head with covers: Embodiments of the invention provide a spray head including a housing having a facetted front face with a plurality of intersecting surfaces. The spray head can include a nozzle in each one of the plurality of intersecting surfaces. The nozzle can be positioned within a first recess of the housing... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20080083839 - Inverted-sprinkler system: base and support: An adjustable inverted-sprinkler system for irrigation. The system includes a sprinkler support base fashioned to accept and retain plurality of sprinklers in a generally inverted orientation. The sprinkler support base is supported by a frame having adjustable vertical, horizontal and slanted support members to allow precise direct, efficient and uniform... Agent: Daniel L. Fitch

20080083840 - Edge remover having a gas sprayer to prevent a chemical solvent from splashing: A gas sprayer mounted on an edge removing robotic arm is disclosed, wherein the edge removing robotic arm circles around along the edges of a substrate and sprays a chemical solvent over the edge surface of the substrate to dissolve photoresist materials attached to the edges of the substrate; the... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080083841 - Fuel injector for a gas turbine engine combustion chamber: The present invention relates to a fuel injector (100) for a gas turbine engine combustion chamber, comprising a first fuel supply line for running at idle speed, and a second, main, fuel supply line for running at speeds up to full throttle and first (112) and second (113) injection orifices... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080083842 - Nozzle strip for textile processing: A nozzle bar used for the water-jet compacting of a fibrous web has an opening on the side facing the fibrous web into which a nozzle strip (5) can be inserted. This nozzle strip is provided with at least one row of nozzle openings (6) for generating parallel water jets... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20080083843 - Wide split nozzle and coating method by wide slit nozzle: A wide slit nozzle having a slit as a discharge opening. The thickness of a lateral end part is set smaller than the thickness at a lateral center part. The thickness of the lateral center part is fixed. The thickness of the lateral end part changes linearly from opposite lateral... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080083844 - Showerhead attachment assembly: A shower arm attachment assembly may include a shower pipe coupling member, an arm coupling member, and a locking nut or sleeve. The shower pipe coupling member connects to a shower pipe, and the arm coupling member fluidly connects to a showerhead arm. The arm coupling member may be joined... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080083845 - Handheld sprayer with removable cartridge and method of using same: A cartridge for a handheld electrohydrodynamic (EHD) spraying device and a spraying device incorporating the cartridge. The cartridge is disposable, and can contain therapeutic products. The device includes a wetted lead screw with a compliant seal, where the placement of the seal relative to the screw inhibits leakage during both... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080083846 - Electrical connections for coating material dispensing equipment: A rotary atomizer includes a motor for spinning an output shaft. At least a portion of the shaft is electrically relatively non-insulative. An atomizing device is mounted on the shaft for rotation therewith. A passageway extends the length of the shaft. A feed tube extends through the passageway for supplying... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080078843 - Dosing pump, spraying device for spraying sprays and method for operating such a spraying device: P

20080078844 - Rain roof: A fluid delivery system adapted for use in association with a structure positioned upon an area which benefit from application of fluid. The system includes sources of forced flow fluids, a controller to regulate and/or mix fluid, lumens to deliver the fluid to regulatable fluid dispersers, a computer to receive... Agent: Charles F. Rye Patent Attorney

20080078845 - Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines: A method of assembling a turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a bushing including at least one retaining mechanism formed integrally therewith, coupling a shim to the bushing such that at least one retainer extending from the shim is received within the bushing retaining mechanism, and coupling the... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080078846 - Liquid condiment dispenser: A liquid condiment dispenser includes a container with a separation board to define an upper space and a lower space. An outlet is defined through a hollow body defining the lower space. A rod cooperated with a button extends through the separation board and has a first seal ring to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080078847 - Portable pneumatic washing device: Portable pneumatic washing device 10 having a body 1 consists of three axially arrayed pipes 11˜13, a transversal valve pipe 14. Pipe 11 impelled by a push rod 6 to pump air into body 1. Distal ends of pipes 12,13 connected to inlet, outlet orifices of the valve pipe 14... Agent: Sally Chang

20080078848 - Sanitary insert unit: A sanitary insert unit (1), which can be inserted into a discharge fitting is provided, comprising a substantially conically-shaped upstream sieve (2) with a downstream-located throughflow regulator (3) and a jet regulator (4) in a direction of flow. The throughflow regulator (3) is arranged substantially inside the inner area (6)... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080078849 - Disposable spray gun cartridge: A disposable cartridge assembly for use with a paint spray gun is disclosed, being made out of an inexpensive material such as plastic, wherein the paint flows into the cartridge assembly and is sucked out of the tip of the cartridge assembly by the force of pressurized air flowing around... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20080078850 - Spreader deflection plate apparatus and method: The present disclosure relates to an improved broadcast deflector plate designed to create a cascade-like deflection of material over a series of angled tabs separated by open intervals where indirect flow is created. A first volume of material falls without deflection directly through the open intervals onto the spreader plate... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz